माशी

Marathi

एक माशी (Musca domestica)

Etymology

From Sanskrit मशक (maśaka, fly, gnat). Cognate with Hindi मक्खी (makkhī, housefly).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ma.ɕi/, [ma.ɕiː]

Noun

माशी (māśī) f

  1. a housefly
    Synonym: घरमाशी (gharmāśī)

Declension

Declension of माशी (māśī)
direct
singular
माशी
māśī
direct
plural
माश्या
māśyā
singular plural
nominative माशी
māśī
माश्या
māśyā
oblique माशी-
māśi-
माश्यां-
māśyāN-
dative माशीला
māśilā
माश्यांना
māśyāNnā
ergative माशीने
māśine
माश्यांनी
māśyāNni
instrumental माशीशी
māśiśi
माश्यांशी
māśyāNśi
locative माशीत
māśit
माश्यांत
māśyāNt
vocative माशी
māśi
माश्यांनो
māśyāNno
Oblique Note: The oblique case precedes all postpositions.
There is no space between the stem and the postposition.
Dative Note: -स (-sa) is archaic. -ते (-te) is limited to literary usage.
Locative Note: -त (-ta) is a postposition.
Genitive declension of माशी
masculine object feminine object neuter object oblique
singular plural singular plural singular* plural
singular subject माशीचा
māśiċā
माशीचे
māśice
माशीची
māśici
माशीच्या
māśica
माशीचे, माशीचं
māśice, māśiċa
माशीची
māśici
माशीच्या
māśica
plural subject माश्यांचा
māśyāNċā
माश्यांचे
māśyāNce
माश्यांची
māśyāNci
माश्यांच्या
māśyāNca
माश्यांचे, माश्यांचं
māśyāNce, māśyāNċa
माश्यांची
māśyāNci
माश्यांच्या
māśyāNca
* Note: Word-final (e) in neuter words is alternatively written with the anusvara and pronounced as (a).
Oblique Note: For most postpostions, the oblique genitive can be optionally inserted between the stem and the postposition.

Derived terms

References

  • Berntsen, Maxine, “माशी”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies, 1982-1983.
  • Molesworth, James Thomas (1857), माशी”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press
  • Shridhar Ganesh Vaze (1911), माशी”, in The Aryabhusan School Dictionary, Poona: Arya-Bhushan Press
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